In an exclusive interview with Case Lowe, executive producer of Q101’s Brian & Kenzie, AEW President Tony Khan announced that for the first time ever, AEW’s year-end pay-per-view, Words End, will be coming to the Chicagoland area. Khan spoke on bringing Worlds End to Chicagoland, noting, “We’ve had such a great run of AEW TV these past few weeks…we’ve had so many great pay-per-view shows here over the years. I thought it would be great for the first time ever, this holiday season, to bring AEW Worlds End to the Chicagoland area at least…I’m very excited to announce December 27th, for the first time ever, AEW Worlds End is coming to Chicago. We’re going to have a great event. It’s going to be a great way to spend the holiday weekend. Saturday, December 27th, for the first time ever, AEW Worlds End at the NOW Arena, where it all began for us.”

Chicagoland will now follow in the footsteps of Uniondale, New York and Orlando, Florida, who hosted the first two editions of Worlds End. This will be AEW’s first pay-per-view at the NOW Arena since All Out 2024.

AEW issued the following press release on the announcement of Worlds End:

All Elite Wrestling today announced that NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, IL will host AEW Worlds End on Saturday, December 27.  The event will air live around the world on pay-per-view.
 
Tickets for AEW Worlds End will go on sale Monday, September 8 at 10 AM CT via Ticketmaster.com and AEWTix.com.  Fans interested in early access presale opportunities can register to become an AEW Insider by visiting allelitewrestling.com/aew-insider.
 
Additional information on AEW Worlds End will be announced in the near future.

In addition to the announcement of Worlds End, Khan and Lowe discussed memories of tape trading, the importance of having a wrestler like Mark Briscoe on the AEW roster, and the best televised wrestling episodes of all-time.